Michael Gove performed very well in arguing the Brexit case. And so, very much so, did Andrea Leadsom IMO.

I regret the knifing and even vilification of Boris Johnson as I think that without his charisma, humour and ability to communicate, we might never have achieved the Brexit vote.

He was the inspiration for the campaign, he energised it, and I rate him as a winner, having won the London Mayoral election twice, against the odds, and now the Brexit campaign, also against the odds.

On the great issue of the day, he had the courage to call it right whilst others, like Theresa May, hid away from the frame.

And what is the one issue which dominated the Brexit campaign? - immigration. Theresa May is described as a 'good Home Secretary', but she has utterly failed to get a grip on immigration issues in her 6 years at the Home Office

ETA: Goodness!

Have just checked the latest betting odds - which two days ago had Boris Johnson as the very clear favourite.

Apparently a YouGov poll today of Conservative Party members shows that in a straight fight between May and Johnson, May would win by some margin.

One pollster now gives the following odds:

1st - Theresa May 4/5 on

2nd - Michael Gove 7/2 against

3rd - Boris Johnson 5/1 against

4th - Andrea Leadsom 16/1 against

5th - Stephen Crabb 33/1 against

6th - Liam Fox 50/1 against.

At least 4 out of the 6 were confirmed Brexiteers

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@Tony Bennett wrote:And what is the one issue which dominated the Brexit campaign? - immigration. Theresa May is described as a 'good Home Secretary', but she has utterly failed to get a grip on immigration issues in her 6 years at the Home Office

Re the polls, Tony. I took no notice of them and stuck a few quid on a Leave win. I saw Ladbrokes were showing 6/1 but by the time I got to the betting shop they were already closing in at 9/2.

Despite having just met an old friend in the street wearing a Remain sticker I proceeded on my intended course, albeit feeling a little pole-axed by the surprise encounter, and she watching me with a pitying eye.

By daybreak I was celebrating a win win. Popular opinion has broken all the wily means of establishment control. And that includes the polls. Which is why I shall check out the odds later and have another little flutter - this time on Boris.

I also think, out of all of them, that she looks and sounds like a Prime Minister even though in this Poll I voted Boris Johnson.

I'll be interested to hear Boris Johnson's campaign speech.

That's the problem for me. I know she is a commanding presence in the House. I see perfectly how she could command the same sort of awe in international dealings. So much so that she will use the sort of patriotic rhetoric that will go down like soothing balm on a fractured and fractious nation.

Her one appearance in the campaign was to give an interview to Laura Kuenssberg. You could see it was set up to promote a vision of prime ministerly-ness. Formal suit. Power hairdo. Oak panels. Subdued lighting. She sat at behind her oak desk, Laura sat to the side like an awed head prefect. Soft ball questions.

I thought Uh Oh. I can see what's happening here. Probably the chosen heir to Cameron. The 'block my biggest rival, the old Etonian Boris. All you have to do, dear, is wax lyrical about my EUgh deal and plump for Remain . I won't ask you to compromise your principles any further. Just go to ground. Get yourself off to Sonning and get yourself a make over. Then come out fighting like the Iron Maiden Mark 2. No one's ever going to mention your support for elements of Sharia Law. Your shenanigans over the CSA appointee. The European Arrest Warrant vote that never was. It will all be washed away in the second coming of Maggie to unite a broken Britain you helped smash up.

Can't stand that she's going to wash over all this with high flown rhetoric and another heist by filthy establishment tricks. And this from someone who once admired her. Unfortunately, the duping delight she displayed in the Home Affairs Select Committee when she and Vaz played out a set piece act of duplicity over protecting witnesses from prosecution bleddy finished me with that woman .Rant over. And breathe....

I enjoyed reading that - all so true

I can almost sympathise with KM and her anger about Theresa May`s `fluffy words`.

I believe TM is worse than Margaret Thatcher for getting her own way, never answering the question and swerving every challenge with an opportunity to spout her own rhetoric like a programmed dalek. She comes across to me as inhuman.

@Mirage wrote:By daybreak I was celebrating a win win. Popular opinion has broken all the wily means of establishment control. And that includes the polls. Which is why I shall check out the odds later and have another little flutter - this time on Boris.